Tonight, Tonight: Kirby Brown and Whiskey Folk Ramblers at The Jack Daniel's Saloon, Acid Mothers Temple at The Loft, Bruce Hornsby at the House of Blues and Yelle at the Granada

Tonight's not quite as busy as last night, but there's a good selection of diverse musical acts this evening as well -- including the launch of our own free concert series.

Kirby Brown and Whiskey Folk Ramblers at Jack Daniel's SaloonThe
kickoff for our new Locals Only! concert series
features up-and-coming roots-rocker Kirby Brown and the fantastic western
grooves of Whiskey Folk Ramblers. Add in a ton of drink specials (Jack and Cokes for three bucks!), ticket giveaways (to see Black Lips, among others) and
free admission, and, well, we think it all adds up to a damn fine party. The venue is the
recently renovated downstairs bar at the Gilley's complex, the South Lamar spot that already
houses The Loft, South Side Music Hall and the Palladium Ballroom. Anyhow,
it's a cheap date with two really good musical acts. Doors open at 8. Get there early and
stay awhile.

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO at the LoftFor more than 15 years, the Japanese psychedelic collective known as Acid
Mothers Temple has been torturing eardrums all over the world. Led by
guitarist Kawabata Makoto, the band has featured as many as 30 members
and used (at least) 10 different variations on its moniker. Dense does
not begin to describe the noise that this band can bring to a stage.
Acid Mothers Temple's most recent opus, Pink Lady Lemonade - You're From
Innerspace, is just as weird and frightening as anything in the band's
large back catalog. There's really no other band like these guys, and
we can all be thankful for that.

Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers at the House of BluesWay
back in 1986, Bruce Hornsby became an instant thorn in this critic's
side when his song "The Way It Is" topped the charts. That annoying piano riff and the sophomoric, pseudo-social
commentary of the lyrics made the song an instant annoyance. The fact that it was played millions
of times on the radio throughout the '80s didn't help. Sure, Hornsby
is a talented player, but his compositional skills were always limited.
Dock him several points for being in a late incarnation of the Grateful
Dead, too.

Yelle, French Horn Rebellion and Datahowler at the Granada TheaterCool,
sleek and relatively sophisticated, the electro-pop sounds of France's Yelle are
decidedly intercontinental. But, thankfully,
Yelle and her band do not take themselves too seriously and are intent
to deliver a fun and fairly mindless set of dancehall ditties.
French Horn Rebellion, who are from Milwaukee and not France, and our own Datahowler will certainly
add (a bit) more brains to tonight's chic and stylish proceedings.

We Recommend

If one is in transit to and from an event or if one (and friends simply want to scream along to Sex Pistols, Clash, Dead Kennedys, Stiff Little Fingers, The Damned, XTC and others from that era delivered in an angry fashion) Lakewood Bar and Grill has The Mumbles at 10PM for the rare free show. All night or until everyone falls down.http://www.facebook.com/#!/eve...

au contraire... one should see Hornsby in concert before making such rush to judgement. the guy is truly a keyboard virtuoso and genius arranger - and there will be nothing but satisfied happy faces coming out of this show. trust me ... all killer, no filler.